I had to go out this evening This afternoon's visit from the GP required me to try and get my head around a situation. The two D. Nurses here for over an hour today too and a more bomb-proof dressing now in place. The new tilting Toto mattress was also delivered. I'm not sure how well it's going to work as it has a 30 degree tilt and has had Keith on his "bad side" for far too long. We need to turn it off when he is off the bed, and then it reset to the side it had been on so he's been on the painful side for several hours now. I've adjusted it to one hour turns instead of 2 hrs and hopefully it will go the other way soon as it's painful for Keith. Worryingly, we have also heard that Covid numbers are quite high in the town, which is the last thing we need. Back to mask wearing again. I won't sleep well tonight, though I have been up since 5 a.m. when I was sewing Gabby's C. present quilt. I am relieved to say it is going much easier than Rosie's crawler quilt and I have good alignments where blocks join. The quilt is called "Step this Way".
Anyway, here are a few photos from my drive out tonight. It is SO BEAUTIFUL here. I drove over the top, to capture the views of the Black Mountains and Hay Bluff, and of course the Brecon Beacons too.
That road over the top is a good journey.. inspiring views.
ReplyDeleteAll the best on the caring side of things.. including yourself..
I was the only person on it. I regretted not taking my mobile, just in case!
DeleteThe caring will get more stressful as time goes on. I am still being faced with problems I don't have the first idea of how to solve, but at least I'm not on my own to deal with them now, and the D. Nurses are just a phonecall away. They are brilliant.
They are indeed, and have the power to Get Things Done...or at least get the ball rolling
DeleteWhat lovely vistas. Such beauty will surely fill your soul. Hopefully the bed will change a bit more often now that you changed the timer.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I just wanted to sit and stare, but am always aware I need to Get Back Soon. I put the bed on a shorter cycle to start with and can alter it as K becomes more comfortable.
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ReplyDeleteThank you. Needed them yesterday.
DeleteI remember flying into Birmingham and catching my first glimpse of all those green squares, neatly hemmed by hedgerows. I had seen pictures before, but to be able to see it from the air, with my own eyes...I actually got tearful!
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the patchwork palimpsest which is our beautiful countryside. We have some more "feral" bits here in Wales - real wilderness at times. The first photos are the last edge of the Eppynt range and then looking down and across the Wye Valley.
DeleteIt is very lovely there. I hope the time out helped settle you some.
ReplyDeleteWe are so fortunate. It was lovely in Carmarthenshire, but I prefer the wild hills here and love the views we get from our house. Time out always helps.
DeleteSo much lovely space in your photos, sadly lacking in Suffolk as each small village gets surrounded by new housing estates.
ReplyDeleteHope you can have bit of time out today too.
Take care of yourself
Yes, settlements are much more spaced out. Farms even more so in places, especially on higher land and in the mountains. A shame that housing density is so much more in Suffolk.
DeleteYesterday's trip out was just what I needed.
Those views are balm to the soul, I could just sit and look and probably waste a great deal of time. More garage sorting and the metal racking has gone, fortunately a scrappy turned up to collect from next door. Had a go at the bureau and we are getting there slowly. Take care. Hugs Xx
ReplyDeleteI bet you will be unpacking at your new home and think, why on earth did I pack THIS?! Glad you are having a good sort out anyway. I need to do the same at the Big Lumps of Useful Wood end of the stables, and have told Keith that he is clearly not going to use all the Useful oak Cupboard Fronts from the old kitchen and I intend to take them to the tip!
DeleteYour countryside is so beautiful. No wonder you find it calming.
ReplyDeleteSending love and support as you cope w Keith's illness. Knowing it will only get worse must be so hard to face.
I am glad your quilt is cooperating.
lizzy
I wish I had more chance to go out for longer walks, but mangling my foot has taken some getting over as it was quite a bad sprain and bothered a ligament and my big toe. Yesterday was the first time I walked any distance (around Leominster in this case) since doing it.
DeleteYes, knowing that Keith's illness will just get worse through time is difficult to cope with. We just go day to day.
We seem to have a dearth of sheep around here. When we arrived the Kiwi sheep farmer had several hundred Romney merino sheep plus their lambs but since he sadly and suddenly died two years ago (he was in his early 50s and in the middle of moving sheep when he suffered a fatal heart attack) we have only seen the occasional small flock of sheep grazing for a few weeks. A crop of silage was cut and removed from the biggest field the other week by the new tenant farmer but he doesn’t seem keen on livestock or arable - possibly because there is no money in either. But I’m glad you were able to get up into your hills and share your beautiful photos. My knee is still not up to a long walk but S walked up to the top of Bignor Hill on Monday. About a five mile round trip and a good climb. He is so much better after exercise. He’s going to a men only Pilates class in our village hall on Monday and on Tuesday we are both having a taster session of Qidong, which I’m looking forward to. Trying to do something for my mind, body and soul every day and it seems to be working, filling up my days so there is no room for worry. I am getting huge pleasure from the garden too. This cool weather is perfect for the peonies and roses, the meadow is breathtaking and the salad which often expires in a June heatwave is growing and cropping well. I got all my remaining seedlings planted out in Monday afternoon’s sunshine and since then we’ve had a couple of light rain showers so they are nicely settled in. Mind you last night I lit the log burner for cosiness. I’d made a mushroom lasagna with garden salad for supper and we settled down to catch up with Springwatch from the day before followed by the second half of Darkest Hour with the brilliant Gary Oldman playing Churchill. This week I’ve been to church to watch Howards End from 1992 and Andrea Chenier, the opera, live from the Royal Opera House in Petworth and tonight I’m out at the church again as we are holding a fund raising and hopefully well-attended entertaining evening all about our churchyard (Matters of Grave Importance!) and I need to make about 50 cheese straws - how much pastry is that do you think, 300g flour, 150g butter, 150g cheese is my instinct. Well I better get our porridge on the go. No point in doing it too early as I need to allow for S’s drugs to kick in. He now gets Vitamin D on prescription and I’ve added B12 (to help with low mood) and magnesium (to help with restlessness) to the mix so we have fun sorting out all those every morning. I wish I could wave a magic wand and wish our husband’s better. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteAh, this is sheep country, though there are a few beef cattle too. Back in Carms it was milking herds mostly. Well done to S for managing 5 miles and that climb and I hope that the Pilates will help him.
ReplyDeleteI love reading about your garden and your outings, and your meals. I have NO wish to cook at the moment, though I did rustle up Potatoes Dauphinoise and some basic mince and veg last night when Tam and Jon were here. Your Cheese Straw amounts sound spot on. Have fun making them.
Keith is on such a cocktail of pills and as more are added temporarily, it's a challenge to the brain cells! Breakfast pills are about 8 in number at the moment, as he's having an anti-fungal pill to treat the Thrush he got. Pills throughout the day too of course . . .